ArticleNeurotoxicology and teratology
PCBs and ADHD in Mohawk adolescents.
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- A Systematic Review of Environmental Health Outcomes in Selected American Indian and Alaska Native Populations.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the interrelationships between chemical and non-chemical stressors and inherent characteristics in children with ADHD.Environmental research · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Interplay Between Social Determinants and Environmental Exposures for Early-Life Outcomes.Current environmental health reports · 2016Pooled it
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Oxidative Stress, and Brain Health: Mechanistic Links to Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- An evidence map of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and health outcome studies among residents of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.Chemosphere · 2022Review
- Pre- and postnatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and cognitive and behavioral development at age 45 Months in a cohort of Slovak children.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- Flame retardants and neurodevelopment: An updated review of epidemiological literature.Current epidemiology reports · 2020Article
- The Ramapough Lunaape Nation: Facing Health Impacts Associated with Proximity to a Superfund Site.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Association of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2020Article
- Outdoor Air Emissions, Land Use, and Land Cover around Schools on Tribal Lands.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Review of built and natural environment stressors impacting American-Indian/Alaska-Native children.Reviews on environmental health · 2018Review
- Prenatal and postnatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder: a pooled analysis of seven European birth cohort studies.International journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- PCBs and measures of attention and impulsivity on a continuous performance task of young adults.Neurotoxicology and teratology · 2017Article
- The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
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Abstract
The present study examines the relationship between the levels of persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in adolescents' blood serum and concurrent measures of their ADHD-like behavior derived from ratings provided by parents and teachers. Two measures with demonstrated diagnostic validity, the Conners and ADDES scales, are used. The study was conducted in partnership with the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne where the St. Lawrence River and surrounding waterways have been contaminated with PCBs that have entered the food chain. This study examines a subset of the data derived from the Mohawk Adolescent Well-Being Study (MAWBS), which was designed to investigate psychosocial and health related outcomes of 271 adolescents aged 10 years to 17 years and whose mothers were likely to have consumed PCB-contaminated fish and wild game before and during their pregnancy. No evidence of negative effects of adolescent blood PCB levels on ADHD-like behavior was found, and indeed occasional findings were in the unexpected direction. The possibility of negative confounding by SES and breastfeeding history was examined but dismissed.
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